A Modern Book of Esthetics: An Anthology

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Pagina xxxAppreciation and Criticism If we turn from the work of art to the audience, we can
distinguish between a contemplative and a critical aspect in the audience's
reaction. Esthetic contemplation, which is described in the present volume in
such ...

Pagina xxxi14 Art is thus fundamental to the whole enterprise of living as a means of
expression, creation, and appreciation. Art is art, and not morality, religion,
technology, or social reform; but neither is it an anodyne or a piddling luxury or
an esoteric ...

Pagina 400designed for a class of appreciation which has difficulty to rise spontaneouslv to
any degree of Distance. The consequence of a loss of Distance through one or
other cause is familiar: the verdict in the case of under-distancing is that the work
is ...